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Lenin's Tomb

The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

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Lenin's Tomb

By: David Remnick
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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In the tradition of John Reed's classic Ten Days That Shook the World, this best-selling account of the collapse of the Soviet Union combines the global vision of the best historical scholarship with the immediacy of eyewitness journalism.

©2015 David Remnick (P)2015 Random House Audio 20th Century Europe Modern Politics & Government Russia Soviet Union Holocaust Socialism Imperialism War Capitalism

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Critic reviews

"A moving illumination.... Remnick is the witness for us all." ( The Wall Street Journal)
"An engrossing and essential addition to the human and political literature of our time." ( The New York Times)
"The most eloquent chronicle of the Soviet empire's demise published to date.... It is hard to conceive of a work that might surpass it." (Francine du Plessix Gray, Washington Post Book World)
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Fantastically researched, brilliant and engaging, could not stop listening to this audio book. Very finely narrated. Could not recommend enough.

Brilliant

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A must have for any student of the history of the last century. Thank you mr Remnick.

Amazing, addictive, terrifying and truly eye opening.

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Well written and detailed account of the disintegration of the USSR and the history leading up to its collapse.

I just want David Remnick to write a follow up? I don’t see one on audible.

David Remnick please write about the last twenty years in Russia. PLEASE.

Fascinating

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A wonderful, monumental book, but it really deserves better narration. The monotonous treatment of the material actually made me buy the real book!

The latter day Soviet Union fully revealed.

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The interviews with Soviet citizens as well as higher-ups. It really gives the listener a glimpse of this country

Interesting perspective on the disintegration of the Soviet Union

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Why did a man, so eloquent and fluent behind a microphone, not narrate his outstanding book himself ?

A question remains …

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the audio quality is not great.

the speaker is good and the book is fantastic.

Great content, good speaker.

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we are so lucky this journalist was in the USSR at this time. This was an amazing find. The narration is excellent, I can't for the life of me understand how a few people complain about the narration.

superb

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